Garment



A. W. PRICE Feb. 18, 1947.

GARMENT Filed Nov. 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 $5M ril'zur' "E 252 Feb.18,1947. w, PRICE 7 2,415,845

GARMEIM Filed ew 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 18, 1947GARMENT Arthur W. Price, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Snowhite GarmentManufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of WisconsinApplication November 15, 1945, Serial No. 628,759

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garments and refers particularly to a nursesuniform.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a dual purposeuniform of simple design and construction. Many hospitals haveregulations concerning the type of uniform to be worn by nurses duringand after their training periods and it is generally the custom torequire different uniforms for probationers and nurses who havesuccessfully completed a prescribed course of training, One of theschemes Widely used for this purpose is to require the probationer towear colored dress-like uniforms with a white apron, which, however, hasno bib. After successful completion of the probation period of training,the student nurse is allowed to wear the white bib. There were,therefore, three separate pieces to be contended with, namely, thecolored uniform, the white apron, and the bib.

The present invention incorporates the blue or other colored uniformwith the apron in a onepiece garment so designed as to simulate theappearance of an apron worn over a colored uniform.

The present invention also provides an improved manner of attaching thebib to convert the onepiece garment from the uniform of the probationerto that of the advanced student.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, this invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it beingunderstood that such changes in .the precise embodiment of thehereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of theclaims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one com plete example of thephysical embodiment of the invention constructed according to the bestmode so far devised for the practical application of the principlesthereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a uniform made in accordance with thisinvention and illustrating the way in which it is worn by the trainee;

Figure 2 is a back view thereof;

Figure 3 is a. front view of the uniform including the bib as worn bythe advanced nurse;

Figure 4 is a back view thereof;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the bib, per se;

Figure 6 is a detail sectional View taken through Figure 2 on the planeof the line 66; and

Figure 7 is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner in whichthe bib is detachably secured in place.

Referring now particularly to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 5designates a waist which is generally made of colored material to whicha white multi gored skirt 3 is sewed. One of the gores of the skirtforms a front panel l, along the left side of which a placket opening 8extends down from the waist. This opening is adapted to be closed bymeans of removable buttons or other suitable closure means.

The waist opens down the middle of the front and has the right sidefront sewed to the front panel. The left side front of the waist,however, is not sewed to the front panel of the skirt, but extendsbeyond the placket to underlie the front panel and the adjacent edge ofthe right front of waist.

Removable buttons or other suitable securing means are provided to closethe front of the waist.

The back of the skirt has two pleats 9 formed therein and facing eachother. The edges ill of these pleats are slightly spaced apart to createthe impression of the adjacent longitudinal edges of a nurse's apronwhich extends all around the body.

A waistband or belt H has its medial portion sewed to the front panel asat [2, but is otherwise free from the skirt and waist. It is to benoted, that the attachment of the waistband or belt is only along thelower edge thereof thus leaving the top edge unsecured to enable thebottom of a bib to be tucked under it. The free ends of the waistband orbelt are adapted to be secured together by removable buttons or othersuitable closure means.

The bib [3 has straps l4 adapted to extend over the shoulders and crossat the back. The extremities of these straps have button ho1es 15 forattachment to buttons l6 carried by the waistband at the back. The lowerpart of the bib and. the topof the front panel have complementaryfastening means as for instance, snap fasteners I! secured thereto bwhich the front of the bib is detachably secured to the top of the frontpanel.

It should be noted, however, that the point of attachment is such thatthe bottom of the bib and its attachment is concealed by the waistband.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent that this inventionprovides a neat, simple uniform, well adapted for use by nurses, andthat its novel construction obviates the need for separate aprons and byits substitution of a one-piece garment for a, two-piece garment notonly simplifies the uniform but also makes it more comfortable.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A dual purpose uniform, comprising: a. skirt; a waist of contrastingmaterial sewed to the skirt; a waistband secured to the front of theskirt along the lower edge of the waistband with the top edge of thewaistband unsecured; a bib of the same material as the skirt butseparate from the skirt and the waist, said bib having straps to extendover the shoulders and cross at the back; complementary means on thefront of the skirt under the waistband and on the lower edge of the bibfor detachably securing the lower edge of the bib to the skirt with thewaistband covering the lower portion of the bib and said complementarysecuring means; and means for detachably securing the free ends of thestraps to the waistband at the back so that the garment may be worn withthe bib to provide one uniform and without the bib to provide anotheruniform.

2. A dual purpose nurses uniform, comprising: a, multi-gored skirt withone of its gores forming a front panel; two pleats facing each other andextending down the back of the skirt with the edges thereof slightlyspaced apart to create the impression of the adjacent longitudinal edgesof a nurses apron which extends all around the body; a Waist of materialcontrasting with that of the skirt sewed to the skirt so that the skirtand waist constitute a one piece garment; a waistband secured at itslower edge to the top of the front panel, the top edge and the endportions of the waistband being unsecured; means on the ends of thewaistband for detachabl joining them; a bib of the same material as theskirt, said bib having straps adapted to extend over the shoulders andcross at the back; complementary securing means on the front panel ofthe skirt under the waistband and on the lower portion of the bib fordetachably securing the bib to the skirt under the waistband; andsecuring means for detachably securing the ends of the straps to thewaistband at the back.

ARTHUR W. PRICE.

